# Alfred Senier

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**Alfred Senier** (24 January 1853 – 29 June 1918) was a chemist and a Professor of Chemistry, [Queen's College, Galway](/source/Queen's_College,_Galway) from 1891 until his death. He was one of the founding members of the [Aristotelian Society](/source/Aristotelian_Society).

## Life

Alfred Senier was born 24 January 1853 in [Burnley, England](/source/Burnley) to Alfred Senier (1823–1893) and Jane ().[1] His father, who was born in England, first emigrated to the [Territory of Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin_Territory) in 1844 before returning to England in 1847 to become a pharmacist. He married Jane Sutherland and, in 1853, emigrated once more to Wisconsin, opening a [pharmacy](/source/Pharmacy_(shop)) in [Dover](/source/Iowa_County,_Wisconsin).[2] In 1857, they moved to the nearby village of [Mazomanie](/source/Mazomanie,_Wisconsin).[2]

Alfred, Jnr. attended the [University of Wisconsin](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison) and graduated from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) in 1873 as a [Doctor of Medicine](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine).[3]

He died 29 June 1918 at the age of 65 in the county infirmary, [Galway, Ireland](/source/Galway).[3][4]

## Positions held

Source:[5]

- 1878 FIC (Fellow of [Royal Institute of Chemistry](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Chemistry)}
- 1874–82 Demonstrator and Asst in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Society
- 1881–84 Lecturer on Chemistry, St John’s College, Battersea
- 1884–87 Research Student with Professor [von Hofmann](/source/August_Wilhelm_von_Hofmann), Berlin
- 1887 Awarded PhD, [[Humboldt University of Berlin|

University of Berlin]]

- 1890–91 in charge of Chemistry, Queen’s College, Cork
- 1912 President of the Chemical Section of the British Association
- 1875, 1885 Fellow of Chemical Societies of London and Berlin
- 1884 Hon. Secretary and Treasurer [Aristotelian Society](/source/Aristotelian_Society) (AS), from foundation (1880)
- 1900 Conservator of Fisheries, Galway
- 1902 Hon. Member of the AS
- 1907 MRIA (Member of the [Royal Irish Academy](/source/Royal_Irish_Academy))
- Until 1910 Treasurer, from its foundation (1893–94), of University, formerly Queen’s, College Athletic Union.

## Publications

- *Two academic addresses: A visit to Giessen [or, Thoughts on Liebig and chemistry in Germany] and Bonn on the Rhine [pages from its history and stray thoughts on education]*. 2 ed. E Ponsonby. 1910.
- *Ueber Cyanursäure: ihre Isomeren und Derivate*. Doctoral thesis, Berlin ed. Berlin. 1887. p. 68.

## Private life

Alfred Senier married Elsbeth Ida Wagner (from Prussia) in Croydon in 1887. They had two children: Fredericka Denbigh and Elizabeth Mary. Fredericka married Francis Vernon Breedon, a brassfounder, on 7 June 1916 at [St James' Church, Edgbaston](/source/St_James'_Church,_Edgbaston).

## References

1. Lunney, Linde & Leaney, Enda (October 2009). ["Senier, Alfred"](https://www.dib.ie/biography/senier-alfred-a7977). *[Dictionary of Irish Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Irish_Biography)*. [doi:10.3318/dib.007977.v1](https://doi.org/10.3318/dib.007977.v1). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220427013402/https://www.dib.ie/biography/senier-alfred-a7977) 2022-04-27 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Kittle, William (1900). [*History of the Township and Village of Mazomanie*](https://archive.org/details/historyoftownshi00kitt). [Madison, Wisconsin](/source/Madison,_Wisconsin): State Journal Printing Company. p. 139. [OCLC 769704858](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769704858)

1. ["Prof. Alfred Senier"](https://www.nature.com/articles/101389a0.pdf). *[Nature](/source/Nature_(journal))*. **101** (2542): 389–390. 1918-06-18. [doi:10.1038/101389a0](https://doi.org/10.1038/101389a0). [S2CID 4014282](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4014282). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200316083428/https://www.nature.com/articles/101389a0.pdf?error=cookies_not_supported&code=63559e8f-8dbb-435f-969d-ca7cc3aa1106) 2020-03-16 at the Wayback Machine.

1. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Alfred Senier

1. ["Senier, Alfred"](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U202792). *Who Was Who*. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). 2007-12-01. [doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U202792](https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U202792). Retrieved 2012-02-19.

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